Cinema Display: What will be new?

I'm thinking of switching my up coming iMac purchase to a new mac pro. Obviously, I would need to buy a monitor but this site says updates are due soon. Just curious... what do you guys think a new display would offer that a current one doesn't. The biggest one they have now is more then enough and I like the picture quality. What else besides size and resolution could they upgrade?

They need to update the 30" ACD to an LED backlight. That update has been "due soon" for over a year now.

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LED backlighting isn't exactly some magic bullet and has its own set of problems so replacing the CCFL backlight in a display meant primarily for graphics professionals isn't necessarily the way to go.

What the 30" ACD really needs is mini-Displayport input and a bezel redesign to match the rest of the line-up.

I suspect that they'll just add a LED backlight 27" display into the line-up and it will be expensive (dare I say overpriced?) like the rest of the ACDs.

kasakka - ditto your comments. There are a number of issues with led backlighting, especially on large panels. The small savings on electricity and highly touted lifespan on led technology is more of a marketing gimmick than anything else. The half life of high end CCFL tubes way exceeds the practical use life for most of us, the led introduces temperature induced color variations in addition to those inherent with leds themselves, and the light diffusion is quite a challenge given the limited number of led "emitters" you can pack in behind the panel.

My side by side comparison had me go with a CCFL 30" NEC model 3090 recently.

My side by side comparison had me go with a CCFL 30" NEC model 3090 recently.

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Out of curiosity, how's the NEC with Apple's hardware? Do you use it via Displayport? Is switching resolutions and inputs quick on it (I hate how slowly my Dell 3008WFP switches them - awkward to go between MBP and PC)

A lot of companies cater to professionals and still update their displays more than once every ten years... I find find the buyer's guide pretty funny, 5 times the usual refresh time for displays... come on !

I expect isight and updated bezel. Power reduction wold be nice, specially on the 30 inch ACD, they are too powerhungry. So I guess LED would be a step in the right direction

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